tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749460144343042102.post8678214153166801861..comments2013-09-27T07:38:19.361-04:00Comments on Teaching and Learning in the Middle: Authentic Writing...for a 14-year-oldAmy Vujaklijahttps://plus.google.com/116591461270840423960noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749460144343042102.post-13653387617329900352013-09-27T07:38:19.361-04:002013-09-27T07:38:19.361-04:00Yes, the integration of different means of writing...Yes, the integration of different means of writing (multimedia, multimodal, etc.) is essential as we prepare students for life beyond our classroom--and not just their future life. Tweets are good summarization tools--good strategy for students to capture the main idea of something they have read. They could also be used as leads with embedded links to a complete essay/blog/etc written by the student. I find that I often check out a link on my Twitter feed if there is an interesting, concise summary to introduce it. <br /> <br />My students became inspired to write when the topic directly affected them and they could talk about their writing. Banned Books Week and all the resources surrounding this topic highlighted the affects of censorship in school. When I asked them to include interviews in their research, they would excitedly come back to me later with personal email replies from their favorite authors. Powerful. They were stepping out into the real world and finding new lenses to look through. I&#39;m not saying that all assignments turned in were stellar, but through the process of finding information they were writing, speaking, listening, and reading. And they did write. This process inspired my very first blog post and one or two others. Good luck!Amy Vujaklijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11750459590365967223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749460144343042102.post-45209001350998965122013-09-24T15:23:19.746-04:002013-09-24T15:23:19.746-04:00Hello!
I just read your blog posting and I am ama...Hello!<br /><br />I just read your blog posting and I am amazed at how difficult it is to get students to write, even if it is about their own lives--yet they have no problem tweeting or posting to Facebook. I am currently a student teacher, and am looking for ways to get my students engaged with writing. I think because of how writing has always been taught, it makes students afraid of being right or wrong; what needs to be taught, in my opinion, is that there is no right and wrong--just different--especially when it comes to autobiographical writing. If a student can&#39;t seem to write a simple paragraph but can tweet 140 words or less, I&#39;d be more apt to accept the tweet as real writing rather than simply rejecting it. We live in an age where technology is everywhere, as is social media. It seems it&#39;s time for teachers to start integrating this as an acceptable means of writing. IUgrad2014https://www.blogger.com/profile/10871899818038219458noreply@blogger.com